Maddie Tierney

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Villa Hills, Ky.
High School:
Notre Dame Academy

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2017 Academic All-Ohio Second Team
2017-18 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2016-17 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2015-16 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2014-15 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (8/22/2016, 10/9/2017)

2017: Started all 20 matches for the Musketeers…Played 1,737 minutes as part of the Xavier backline that limited every BIG EAST opponent to a single goal or fewer during regular season action… Played season-high 110 minutes in double overtime draws with Kent State Butler and DePaul…Took 12 shots on the season including five on-frame…Had a season-high three shots against NKU…Was name to the Academic Ohio All-Second Team following the season…Was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the week of Oct. 9.

2016: Started in all 18 matches she appeared in…Played 1376 minutes in 2016…Scored the insurance goal in 2-0 win against Evansville off a penalty kick…Recorded three assists on the season, third most on the team…Added to her opening-weekend point total with an assist on Tori Doss’ game winner in 2-0 win over EKU…Was named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after totaling three points during opening weekend…Assisted on Ellie Eckerle’s go-ahead goal in the seventh minute in 3-1 win at Dayton…shifted to the backline mid-way through BIG EAST play, playing fulltime in four straight matches.

2015: Played in 18 games, starting in 13…Recorded the game-winning goal in overtime during come-from-behind win at Evansville (8/21), the first goal of her career…Collected four assists for the Musketeers… Totaled six points for the season.

2014: Saw action in 17 games, starting in 15 as a freshman … Earned a point on an assist during Xavier’s 2-1 win against Ohio Northern (9/7) … finished with 10 shots, five of which were on goal.

Prior to Xavier: Captain of her high school state championship team in 2013...Finished with a national ranking of 15th at Notre Dame Academy in Villa Hills, Kentucky...as a midfielder she set school records in assists in a single season and a career...two-time first team all-state selection, two-time Kentucky Regional team selection, two-time first team Academic All-State as a junior and senior...As a senior she also earned a spot on the all-region team, team MVP and Cincinnati Enquirer Northern Kentucky Girls High School Player of the Year honors...Received the 2014 Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Women's Sports Association Soccer Player of the Year award.

Personal: Business undecided major...Born December 13, 1995 in Edgewood, Kentucky...Parents are Bryon and Laura Tierney...Has two younger sisters, Margaret and Mary, and a younger brother, Mac.